DIVISION 3 (North)   1952/53
							P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
	Leading goalscorer: Jimmy Whitehouse  (Carlisle United)  29  goals			1		Oldham Athletic	46	22	15	9	77	45	59
				2		Port Vale	46	20	18	8	67	35	58
				3		Wrexham	46	24	8	14	86	66	56
				4		York City	46	20	13	13	60	45	53
				5		Grimsby Town	46	21	10	15	75	59	52
				6		Southport	46	20	11	15	63	60	51
				7		Bradford Park Avenue	46	19	12	15	75	61	50
				8		Gateshead	46	17	15	14	76	60	49
				9		Carlisle United	46	18	13	15	82	68	49
				10		Crewe Alexandra	46	20	8	18	70	68	48
				11		Stockport County	46	17	13	16	82	69	47
				12=		Chesterfield	46	18	11	17	65	63	47
				12=		Tranmere Rovers	46	21	5	20	65	63	47
				14		Halifax Town	46	16	15	15	68	68	47
				15		Scunthorpe & Lindsey Un.	46	16	14	16	62	56	46
				16		Bradford City	46	14	18	14	75	80	46
				17		Hartlepools United	46	16	14	16	57	61	46
				18		Mansfield Town	46	16	14	16	55	62	46
				19		Barrow	46	16	12	18	66	71	44
				20		Chester	46	11	15	20	64	85	37
				21		Darlington	46	14	6	26	58	96	34
				22		Rochdale	46	14	5	27	62	83	33
				23		Workington	46	11	10	25	55	91	32
				24		Accrington Stanley	46	8	11	27	39	89	27
						R The bottom two clubs were required to seek re-election to the League. They were joined in the vote for membership of the Northern section of the Third Division by 4 non-league clubs. Voting - 45 votes Accrington Stanley Re-elected to the League 36 Workington Re-elected to the League 17 Wigan Athletic Not elected to the League 0 Nelson Not elected to the League 0 New Brighton Not elected to the League 0 North Shields Not elected to the League